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You might have guessed from the last post about patching rtorrent against gcc 4.3.2, that I put Crux on the 100Mhz laptop again, and I'm giving it a run as an rtorrent slave with the same arrangement as my beat-up Thinkpad.
This is one of my four remaining test cases for outdated hardware — extremely outdated hardware — that I have been mulling over in the past few days. This time I decided to forgo the graphical environment completely and stay in a console arena, to remove as much unnecessary overhead and see how rtorrent behaves with itself as its only obstacle.
I thought perhaps the processor wouldn't be able to keep up with that much "work," or perhaps 16Mb would be impractical for the demands of rtorrent, even as light as it is. But according to
top, the CPU is floating at around 47 percent usage and RAM is only a third filled, as it manages the Archlinux 2008.06 FTP ISO. More torrents, of course, might mean more work, but at this point a single torrent is enough for a test case.
Network speeds across the Corega FEther II PCC-TXD PCMCIA card are actually quite good — I'm peaking at around 240kbps on the down, a fraction on the up. Although that's not a true indicator of the card's capability, I'm satisfied that the card, the RAM and the processor are not to blame for weak download speeds.
No, the real problem I have with this arrangement is not the processor, the network card or the sparse RAM. Luckily, or maybe unluckily, the biggest impediment seems to be that hard drive. It's too small, too slow and too noisy. With only 810Mb to work with, it's barely enough space for the system files, let alone anything I would want to download.
And access times are hideous. Hash checks are five- to six-minute affairs, and that's only for 138Mb or so for the Arch ISO. And the noise that leaks out of it makes it completely impractical for running overnight; the racket would keep the entire building awake.
But it works, and my original "hypothesis" of an extremely low-end machine serving as a round-the-clock torrent slave seems more practical than ever now. Putting a machine into service like this keeps it out of a landfill, power consumption is low on a laptop, and the net price for a machine like this is well under $100, plus or minus.
I probably won't let this take over from my current torrent slave just yet, mostly because I have other plans for this machine and the busted screen on the Thinkpad is what keeps it bound as an indentured servant. But with a little luck, and if necessary, I am confident a machine like this can handle the workload.


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CAR: How do you describe your artwork?
Mike Marino: I work mostly in paint (watercolor and acrylic) and marker. The scale of my work varies. I have new ideas every day, but I try to focus and add more things to the piece I'm working on instead of starting something new. I spend about 10 days on each piece. I start with one idea and it changes over time, which is what makes my work interesting. I don't plan my paintings in advance. I do lots of layering to visually record my thoughts. The things in my paintings may seem unrelated, but they're all things I'm thinking about during the 10 days I work on each piece. There's usually a story or theme there somewhere. I use flat perspective, but my work can seem sort of 3-D because of the many layers and different sizes/placement of figures/elements. I put circles and lines in around the main elements to fill the space or create patterns.
What inspires your art?
I'm interested in superheroes from comic books and movies. I'm also interested in professional wrestling. With both superheroes and wrestlers, I know the violence is fake, but I still want to see it. Maybe because I know no one gets hurt. My grandma inspires me; she was an artist, too. I saw her work as a kid and thought about doing art because of her.
I'm part of a community of artists with and without disabilities called The Arts of Life. It's here in Chicago. Before I joined the community, I worked at McDonalds and the Hampton Inn. I did some artwork at home, mostly drawing. My work has become more complex since I started at Arts of Life a few years ago. Since I'm a full-time artist now, I can focus more on the colors and objects in each painting. I like working with other artists and sharing studio space. I get to chat with the guys and goof around. I also learn from the other artists at the studio. My subject matter is always mine, but sometimes I use techniques that I see others using.
As an artist, why have you chosen to work in Chicago?
Living in Chicago impacts me as an artist and also as a musician. The opportunities I've had to show my work and perform my music probably wouldn't be available to me (especially as a person with a disability) outside of an urban environment. My art community affects my work a lot and is also affected by me. I affect people the same way they affect me. We watch each other work and learn from that. It's hard to explain what it's like here at the Arts of Life studio—you'd have to come visit (which anyone is welcome to do). We find solutions for problems together. We laugh a lot. We work hard. We have lots of volunteers who come because they love the art and the program. A lot of people with and without disabilities say they are inspired by what we do. Our studio is full of energy and creativity with more than 20 artists who are all different and interesting. It is a great place to work.
What's next for you in terms of upcoming art projects or exhibitions?
I wanna do some work on reclaimed glass. I want to write and record more music. In the future I'd love to move to Hollywood and do set design.
Mike Marino enjoys doing art with markers and effects, watercolors and painting. He loves to draw superheroes, wrestlers, and his family. Painting comes naturally to him; he doesn't do lots of planning but instead paints whatever he is thinking at the moment. He's also an actor and musician and recently playing Fitz Fontaine in Grease. He sings and writes music with the Arts of Life band and wrote his first song, "Happy and Proud," for his kidney donor. He's also written a song for his case manager. Mike has been a part of the Arts of Life community for a few years, where he has a studio space.


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Aventador S Coupe: Eight Seconds or Bust! Born out of spite and a general malaise for Ferrari in 1963, the Lamborghini brand has always been synonymous with excitement, panache and wow factor! The gorgeous Miura, extreme Countach, bodacious Diablo and menacing Murciélago are some of the important monikers that have defined this insatiable lineage of raging bulls from Sant'Agata Bolognese,… Read more →
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AMG C 63 S Coupe: Improving awesome! Driving the new C 63 AMG S coupe is an exercise in restraint. I suspect that owning one, then, will be that and many more things. The car's purpose is simple. To be the best C-Class ever. And it just might be. Along with its sedan counterpart, the C 63s are head and… Read more →
Tested: 2017 Audi A4 2.0 TFSI Quattro
Audi A4: Veni, Vidi, Vici One normally goes to Venice for a romantic gondola ride on the Grand Canal and explore the narrow medieval streets on foot, to drink caffè or eat tiramisu in the Piazza San Marco and to marvel at statues of famous explorers, Kings and Queens. It's certainly not a place you visit to explore by car… Read more →
Tested: 2016 Nissan 370Z Coupe Enthusiast Edition
Nissan 370Z: Red Zed Redemption Z is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, but instead of spending a ton of money on a big party with lots of fanfare, Nissan has decided to tip its hat to some of the brand's most faithful followers by knocking 10 grand of the price of its top-selling, entry-level sports coupe. Nissan calls it… Read more →
Five Fast Tests: Audi RS3 Wagon, VW Golf Alltrack, Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, Infiniti Q50 Limited & QX60
2016 Audi RS3 Sportback It's yet to be determined whether Canada will be getting the "Sportback" (a.k.a. wagon) model I drove in Austria this summer, but we are getting the RS3 in sedan form, and that is a very good thing. Powered by the same 2.5L five-cylinder turbo as the TT RS, and developing 367 horsepower and 343 lb-ft of… Read more →
Tested: 2016 VW Golf R Variant
Golf R: Check Box for Wagon I test drove a handful of new Golfs during a recent trip to Germany. This 2015 VW Golf R Sportwagen is one of them. My travel cohorts and I each got seat time on and off the autobahns, as well as some interesting secondary roads in between Munich airport and the small, lakeside town… Read more →
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Tested: 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R
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Tested (again): 2015 McLaren 650S Spider
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The latest in a series of interviews with artists who have a significant body of work that makes use of or responds to network culture and digital technologies.
Nick DeMarco
You hop felicitously from medium to medium: sculptures, gifs, videos, fonts,T-shirts, tweets, products, furniture, and guerilla culture-jamming. I want to talk about your sensibility, which is identifiable throughout your different projects. I remember three descriptions that you yourself have used: "Transcendental banality," "Funky lil-ness" and "Dilbert on acid." They each point to something, so I thought we could riff on them a little, beginning with "Transcendental banality."
I've phased out "Transcendental banality" because it sounded kinda wanky, but it was really one of the first ways in which I tried to describe what I was doing. I came up with it early on in school, where I was interested in both art and design. Art was supposed to be this more transcendental thing—and a failure if it became banal. Design that became banal, however, was considered a success—so successful that it became ubiquitous. Now, the phrase seems a little trite because everyone is interested in "The mundane" in a very NPR kind of way. But for me, it wasn't so much about elevating the mundane in itself,but inserting myself into it and melting into it in my own way. I'm very much an opportunist in that the things around you are usually such wasted opportunities for the transcendent. That's kind of what I meant.
It seems you'd be unfazed without museums or galleries—not that you're against them in any way, just that you'd be as comfortable or excited if a restaurant approached you to make their toothpick dispensers or if NPR asked for a ten minute Nick show. Or, to use a real example, like the "abstract" font you made, Inscrutable Regular, which produces doodles all over the screen as you type. It seemed like just one more opportunity for you, though I can't imagine it becoming a new standard in Switzerland.


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Review: Oliver Laric's Kopienkritik at Skulpturhalle Basel
Kopienkritik, German artist Oliver Laric's summer solo project at the Skulpturhalle Basel, waxes upon the politics of the reproduction of images while drawing upon the Swiss museum's collection of plaster cast copies of sculptures from classical antiquity. Laric collaborated with the museum's staff to reinstall and arrange their collection of casts, interspersing his own sculptures and video works shown on monitors and projectors throughout the museum. That Kopienkritik largely comprises works of art not created by but rearranged by Laric calls into question the functionality of the artist as not a maker of things, but a producer of ideas.
Kopienkritik ("copy criticism") is the process of analyzing copies of classic sculptures —typically Roman reproductions of lost Greek versions — to arrive at a greater understanding of the originals. Within the art history community, the practice is seen as a last-ditch way to study ancient Greek sculpture — and one bearing many discontents. For example, ancient Greek sculptor Polykleitos, active in the 5th and early 4th century BCE, made major contributions to sculptural practice with his "invention" of contrapposto, but as his works are all lost they may only be studied and understood through lesser-quality Roman copies. To illustrate this principle, Laric grouped sculptures together similar in appearance and posture, creating visible aesthetic lineages between each work. These groupings are put into a theoretical framework by Laric's essay-video Versions, projected onto two similar plaster casts in the Skulpturhalle installation, the video attempting to fast forward discussions surrounding the authenticity and proliferation of images to an internet-sensitive context...
Internationalism and Nationality; Antiquity and Contemporaneity at the 54th Venice Biennale
Although there exist many a pleasant moment in Curiger's biennale, the curator stumbles over contextualizing it, and often relies upon generic ideas to band together ideas with no real curatorial thesis. Curiger writes, "The term 'nations' in ILLUMInations applies metaphorically to recent developments in the arts all over the world, where overlapping groups form collectives of people representing a wide variety of smaller, more local activities and mentalities." I take this wily statement to mean that recently, artists of varying locales band together to represent their nationhood in larger groups—a sentiment not exactly illuminating.
In a further attempt to explain what needn't be explained, Curiger writes, "ILLUMInations emphasizes the intuitive insight and the illumination of thought that is fostered by an encounter with art and its ability to sharpen the tools of perception." Here I was under the impression that it was part and parcel of successful art works to "enlighten" its viewer through an aesthetic experience, how that is emphasized, I'm not sure. My guess is that this throwaway concept is one Curiger found to unify an essentially un-unifiable group of works. Perhaps the sole phenomenon unifying all works is Curiger's propensity to pick out the most hot artists of a given moment: R.H. Quaytmann and Seth Price in New York; in London, Klara Liden, who just had a solo show at the Serpentine, Elad Lassry in Los Angeles, Sharyar Nashat in Berlin, among others. Although Curiger falters in her apparent subscription to cool internationalism, much of the work comprising the Biennale—particularly in the exhibition's Central Pavilion in the Giardini—is worth consideration.
Report from BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer) Venezia
video by Rafaël Rozendaal
The 33rd edition of BYOB took place Friday evening on the small Venetian island, San Servolo. For those unfamiliar, the exhibition format brings together internet- savvy artists showcasing their work on their own projectors ("beamers.") BYOB first launched last year in Berlin by Dutch artists Rafaël Rozendaal and Anne de Vries to combat the reliance upon institutions for the facilitation of new media exhibitions. With BYOBs around the globe, it has quickly gained notoriety as a meet-up point for socializing among new media artists as much as a viable form of exhibition. While Rozendaal now carries the torch for BYOB and has ushered it into a worldwide phenomenon, the question remains: is BYOB a viable form of resistance to institutional reliance or just a big party?
Keller/Kosmas (Aids-3D) at T293, Naples, Italy
The infamous, brackishly titled Berlin-based duo Keller/Kosmas (Aids-3D) have exhibited widely from an extremely young age. Dropping out of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and moving to Berlin at age 20, Keller and Kosmas became known in the late naughts for their dirt-style website documenting static works with a fantastical, conspiracy theorist sci-fi sensibility, in addition to weed-infused performances of laser shows and naked babes. As an artistic entity, Keller and Kosmas essentially grew up online, and for better or worse, in the public eye. Now barely 25, Daniel Keller and Nik Kosmas enjoy exhibition opportunities throughout Europe and the United States, albeit with a more concerted sense of art historical sensitivity, production know-how, and overarching artistic maturity.
The Migration and Conflation of Forms
What has happened to "underground" film after the advent of Netflix, file-sharing and the Internet? This veritable, thriving counter-cultural force, building community by way of the distribution of cultural artifacts, has definitely undergone some changes as hard-to-find movies have become easier to locate and view. The transformation of underground film in the face of these factors emblematizes the shift in perspective defining the New York Underground Film Festival (1994-2008), from its offshoot Migrating Forms, programmed by NYUFF veterans Kevin McGarry and Nellie Killian, now in its second year. Migrating Forms shouldn't be understood as NYUFF with a facelift—such would imply a new identity covering up an old ethos. Rather, if NYUFF combated the poor distribution of alternative cinema with a punk sensibility, Migrating Forms broadened its scope to celebrate works made in the preceding year by artists and filmmakers, somewhat in the vein of an (annual) art world biennial.
Its title, taken from a James Fotopolous film, further evinces the slippery character of pictures shown within McGarry and Killian's program. Anything on video or film is fair game. The disparate line up includes work of contemporary video artists, anthropologically inclined documentaries, and formalist ruminations by an array of artists and filmmakers. Also shown was a mini retrospective of Godard collaborator Jean-Pierre Gorin and the only two, extremely rare films ever produced by Ed Ruscha. The festival brochure touts its ten day massive program, "Across 23 programs, Migrating Forms showcases films and videos by 62 artists living and working in 21 countries—plus 9 special retrospective screenings and special events."
The conceptual and physical vastness of Migrating Forms' programming makes it difficult to identify any concerted or intentional leitmotifs. McGarry and Killian composed the festival with no obvious overarching theme other than the charge of presenting new film ...


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LAS VEGAS – Your smartphone is going domestic. In the age of the connected home, your mobile devices are becoming the central command, the brains, if you will, of the entire smarthome experience.
It makes sense. Rather than remote controls with menus to memorize and knobs, dials and switches to manipulate, your smartphone or tablet becomes one remote to rule them all. You've always got it with you when you're out and about, it's never far from hand when you're sitting on the couch and it's dead-simple to use.
What we're seeing started with the birth of the smartphone, when gadgetmakers realized smartphone integration could add tremendous value to consumers' product experiences. It started with simple apps that transform your phone into a remote control for a DVR or set-top box, letting you use a touchscreen to navigate complex user interfaces. It grew with apps that tie into our home security systems and, more recently, our appliances. Remembering if the milk in your fridge is past its prime or whether you have recipes based on the things in your freezer was once the stuff of The Jetsons, but is increasingly commonplace today.
Still, the trend has been slow to take off, perhaps because it seems so futuristic, even if a lot of the tech is available right now.
"Connectivity in the home is a very old topic, but the truth is that consumers are not embracing it," Scott Ahn, LG's chief technology officer, said at the company's CES press conference Monday.
That's changing though, and fast.
There will be some 24 billion connected devices by 2020. That figure certainly doesn't seem beyond reach given the number of smartphones out there (300 million shipped in the first half of 2012, according to Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs) and the number of connected devices and appliances seen at CES 2013. The theme of LG's entire booth, for example, was "Touch the Smart Life." The Korean company had 20,000 square feet of space dedicated to showing people how appliances that can communicate with the web, and one another, will transform their lives for the better. Dozens, if not hundreds, of other booths stretched across the North and South halls of CES showed how this "world of tomorrow" technology is here now, in everything from web-connected TVs to vacuum cleaners.
In the coming years, you'll be able to control three main aspects of your home life from your mobile device: appliances, entertainment and the living environment. Here's how.
Home Entertainment ——————
Your smartphone or tablet is perhaps the best, most capable and feature-filled TV remote control on the market, if you don't mind that it doesn't have easily tappable gummy buttons.
Apple's Remote app lets you control an Apple TV with an iOS device, Google has its own remote app for controlling Google TV units, and there are dozens of third-party remote control apps for TVs and set-top boxes from companies like LG and D-Link. The experience varies from app to app, but for most of these, you get generic TV controls, like the ability to browse menus, pause and play content, and switch channels or content platforms.
You can also mirror or throw content from your mobile device to the TV using things like Apple's Airplay, Panasonic's Miracast, or the Google YouTube app's "send to TV" feature, providing for a seamless video-viewing experience no matter what device you're on. It seems every company is coming up with their own way for you to get video from your phone to the TV in a snap. LG uses NFC so you can share photos and videos to your TV with a tap (inventive, but perhaps less practical than just being able to flick a photo from your tablet to the TV like with Panasonic's Swipe and Share app).
But it's not just the controlling and video sharing aspect that makes a smartphone or tablet a killer remote, and a remote killer.
"Pairing TVs with tablets and smartphones provides users a more intimate, natural way to navigate and find their content through a natural user interface," said Joel Grenier, director of UX and ecosystem at Youi Labs, a company that demoed its smart-TV interface. "Both of these screens should provide value while being more connected with each other."
The entire second screen experience is key, as a tablet in particular can provide rich information and additional tools to make TV watching more convenient and more social. Youi Labs' Flip smart-TV OS concept provides onscreen controls like pause and play paired with facial recognition, so when you leave the room, the TV automatically pauses and a marker notes where you left off on the scrub bar in its iPad app.
Every major TV manufacturer (Sharp, LG, Panasonic, Samsung, and the like) touted smart, web-connected sets with improved user interfaces and smartphone or tablet integration. Pricing for most of these units is still yet to be announced. For those happy with their current set but yearning connectivity, Samsung TV owners can soon snap in the company's Evolution Kit, while the rest of us can choose from an ever-growing assortment of set top boxes, like the $150 Lukup Player, which debuted this year.
Appliances ———-
For home appliances, a mix of apps and proximity-based technologies like NFC will let you start your washing machine remotely, give you vital stats about what's going bad inside your fridge and even check on that roast in the oven.
LG has championed the smart home for a couple years now with web-connected refrigerators, washer/dryers, TVs and ovens. But this year the company added NFC to the mix so you can control these devices with a handset like the Nexus 4 or Optimus G.
Dave VanderWaal, director of brand marketing for LG's home appliance section, says smartphone connectivity makes it easier and more efficient to manage your home, while offering peace of mind at home and away.
Take the company's smart refrigerator. A Smart Manager feature lets you check the food stored inside remotely, and its freshness tracker lets you inventory the perishable items (via voice recognition, selecting icons, or scanning receipts or barcodes) and keep tab on expiration dates. The fridge can even suggest dishes you can cook using what you've got on hand. You can also create a shopping list using the app. A Smart Diagnosis feature will send you an alert if there's a minor issue, like the door was left-open.
Even the vacuum isn't immune to the smartphone's domination. LG's HOM-BOT can be started and steered from your smartphone using an on-board camera. With the Smart Oven, you can check cooking settings like time and temperature, too — super convenient if you need to run a quick errand, or eliminate trips to the kitchen to check those things if you're in another room.
Unfortunately, pricing and availability for these smart appliances is still TBD — and likely fairly hefty.
Another DIY-style option if you're not up for upgrading your entire house to smart appliances: Stick Samsung's programmable NFC Tectiles ($15 for a set of 5) around the house to share information or send a message to your smartphone. Living in a house with roommates, this could be super useful to alert other roommies that the shower or oven is occupied, or in a dorm setting, that the house is a rockin' (don't come a knockin'). Samsung stuck a bunch of these around Vegas hotels to give CES-goers information like dining recommendations and entertainment schedules.
Home Automation —————
And whether you're focused on energy efficiency or just want to set the right mood, your smartphone can take the place of light switches and thermostat buttons — and then some.
Like the Philips Hue LED lightbulb that launched late last year, companies like Revogi and Greenwave Reality showed off WiFi lightbulbs at CES, which you can control using an app. Turn them off and on with the app, and choose the exact shade you want to bathe your room in.
Eversense 2.0 is a home environment and energy management unit (a smart thermostat along the lines of the Nest) that pairs with an app so you can control the temperature from afar. It uses your mobile device to identify where you are in the house and personalize the thermostat and lighting settings in the room to your preferences. It'll be available in the first quarter of this year.
Even routers are taking on new tasks with smartphone controls, like Securifi's Almond+, a Kickstarter project. It's an integrated smart home hub, letting you control heating and lighting from your phone, and get security notifications when home doors or windows are opened.
And on the security front, you've got options like Oplink's TripleShield alarm and surveillance platform, which lets you monitor live video or audio streams from your home and get notifications (with photo snapshots) if someone tries to invade your home. There are quite a lot of home security companies that offer mobile apps to keep tabs on your digs while you're out.
In 2013, if your home product doesn't integrate with your smartphone, you might as well be living in the stone age.


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FOR 23 YEARS, MARTIN LEWIS HAS BEEN COOKING IN DOWNTOWN GREAT BARRINGTON, the busy hub of southern Berkshire County. He is the owner and chef of Martin's Restaurant (413-528-5455, martinsgreatbarrington.com) at the top of Railroad Street, and his front room offers a panoramic view of the town below and the mountains beyond. With plain wood tables and a linoleum floor, Martin's is not the kind of place whose regular menu waxes poetic about its produce. Yet, like many low-key spots in the Berkshires, ingredients here are as local as they can be — and always have been.
"I've always bought locally before it became popular," says Lewis, who trained in several different New York City restaurants before opening Martin's in 1989. "If you have a farm in town, it doesn't make any sense not to buy from it. Why would I get something from California if I can get it here?"
The benefits to local food are clear: It tastes better, may have a higher nutritional content, and is easier on the environment than items shipped across country. But the locavore movement sometimes goes hand in hand with food snobbery and high prices. In Boston, it often feels like you pay a $5 surcharge each time the word "local" shows up on a menu. In the Berkshires, where a farm can be closer than the nearest grocery store, and even the big fluorescent-lit chain options carry local produce, it's not just high-end places that feature local meats, cheeses, and vegetables. Whether you are visiting the region to see the fall foliage or catch the end of the performing arts season, a weekend of tasty, sustainable dining is possible here with almost any budget.
Martin's is a friendly, fast way to start a visit to Great Barrington, with many breakfast platters (served all day) for under $8. In season, the fruits and vegetables come from two farms less than 5 miles away. Lewis gets his goat cheese in the neighboring town of Monterey and his eggs, which make for delicious omelets, from a farm just over the New York state line.
There's plenty of other reasonably priced local food right in downtown Great Barrington, whose blend of boutiques and specialty shops makes for a pleasant morning of strolling. On Saturdays until the end of October, you can visit the farmers' market (413-528-8950, gbfarmersmarket.org) at the railroad station for local vegetables, eggs, meats, and cheese. Other days, you'll find some of the same local offerings at the Berkshire Co-op Market (413-528-9697, berkshire.coop), where all the produce is labeled by point of origin and there's a small cafe alongside the store.
Pizza aficionados may want to brave the lines for lunch at Baba Louie's (413-528-8100, babalouiespizza.com), which offers gourmet toppings on thin sourdough crusts. Try the Cole's Creation, decorated with a heavenly blend of feta, tomato, arugula, garlic, red onion, mozzarella, and balsamic vinaigrette ($12.95 for a 10-inch pie).
If you're traveling with kids, a nice downtown choice for either lunch or dinner is the Gypsy Joynt Cafe (413-644-8811, gypsyjoyntcafe.net). It's a big, bead-draped room that feels a bit like a disco, but playpens are often parked in the corner for the owner's grandchildren and extra rolls of paper towels are lined up on the countertops. Owner Keith Weller places a heavy emphasis on buying local, both for taste and to support the region's economy, on which his and all the restaurants depend. "We try to buy as much as we can as close as we can," he says, adding that he takes a pragmatic approach: If a farm in town can't give him the volume of lettuce he needs for his hearty, meal-sized salads ($9.99), as happened recently, he'll try to get what he needs 50 or 100 miles away.
Order at the counter from Weller's huge, vegetarian-friendly selection of salads, sandwiches, and pizzas; help yourself to water from a nearby jug; and choose your table. The homemade focaccia is excellent, and a family of four can dine here for under $50 easily, though the savings do come at a price: Customers bus their own tables.
Like all the establishments mentioned above, Gypsy Joynt belongs to Berkshire Grown, a nonprofit formed in 1998. Its executive director, Barbara Zheutlin, says members pledge to "buy and utilize locally grown products to the fullest extent possible." The organization establishes relationships between chefs and farmers and draws public attention to the importance of these pairings. "Before there even was a [local food] movement, the chefs who care about what food tastes like were buying from farmers because it tastes more delicious," says Zheutlin.
Some chefs point to an additional benefit of a close relationship between farmers and kitchens: It pushes cooks to be creative. Adam Zieminski is the chef/owner at Cafe Adam (413-528-7786, cafeadam.org), one of the best bets in the Berkshires for a more upscale dining experience. Tucked into a commercial strip a few miles from downtown Great Barrington, Cafe Adam has a swanky, somewhat urban feel, nice for either a romantic meal or dinner with friends. While some items are on the menu year-round, like the delectable pan-seared Massachusetts scallops with parsnip puree ($28), others change seasonally according to what the farmers bring him.
In the fall, Zieminski does a lot with game birds, rabbit, root vegetables, locally foraged mushrooms, and orchard fruits. Interviewed in August, he says he expects his fall offerings will include a smoked local pork belly with caramelized fall mushrooms and a pumpkin tart with coffee syrup. And each day, there's one special that's "spur of the moment," says Zieminski, and might be based on a farmer dropping by with some new item, like Padron peppers from nearby Equinox Farm or an unusual variety of peach one of his staff discovered at a roadside farm stand. Each night's special "is unique and we try not to repeat it," Zieminski says. "So you come in that night, you're part of history."
Alison Lobron is a freelance writer in Great Barrington. Send comments to email@example.com.


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Franners - the guaratee entry after 5 rejections no longer operates, I'm afraid. Enjoy Brighton - its fab. Manchester for me, I think.
I've just followed the payment link posted on page 3 of this thread. It's now asking me to pay £28. To pay or not to pay? Is it kosher?
Holymoly i paid last night and soon after got my conformation E mail
Thanks MM. Just paid, confirmation email received instantly with ref no etc. OMG!
Oh well, 4 entries from the Wood household and not one who gets to the payment screen, such is life. Congrats to all who make it, will be there to give you a cheer, make sure you enjoy the day
I just rang VLM to check the credibility of the link as there has been alot of talk on facebook that its a scam, she was saying its not them until i actually gave her the link she then asked me have i got my pack yet i said no and she said dont panic just wait for the pack....so i am taking that as a good sign and also I am in as it asks me for payment!
I paid upfront !! so the link doesnt ask for payment would it say that ??? confused.com
It would be a very odd scam if:
a) It rejects 90% + of people who trya nd enter and only accepts credit card details from teh select few - perhaps the scammers don't want everybodies card details
b) it clearly is already populated with the email addresses of people who entered the ballot - just try and enter a random address and you get an entirely different response.
c) the site checks out as OK with McAfee and other protection agencies
d) If it were a scam do you think it would still be around after 4 days?
If you paid upfront you cant use the link and will have to wait till you get the mag
thanks Keith for that
does the london marathon website immediately destroy your details if you are not successful in the ballot? It doesn't seem to have any record of me. Even when I enter my email address and click "forgot my password" link I just get a message telling me they have no record of me. But I have a screenshot of the entry reference from April. Pah!
agentginger I think if you bequeathed (whatever its called) when you clicked the donate entry fee if not successful then its a different matter -apparently if you did that then you just have to wait for mag as obviously thats a payment link and not applicable to you if youve already paid
I'm in at the 5th attempt on the guaranteed entry scheme. However I'm already booked in for Brighton with a lot of work colleagues. So I'll probably defer by which time I should have my GFA. Doh!
well, i'll wait patiently by the letterbox and hope for the best
Rejection mag arrived so the 'Sorry not got your details' message is a pretty good indication of rejection if you've not bequeathed. Ah well see you lucky ones at mile 17...
My rejection mag has just arrived. Was going to leave it at that but my mate has just called to say he's been accepted so maybe I'll have to do a charity place instead.
I guess I could always try to get my marathon PB down from 5:08 to 3:10 and avoid the ballot altogether. ha!
How soon can someone start the "Its not fair, my mate/boss/cat got in at first attempt and I didnt despite me running 100 miles a week and entering every year since 1066 and them not even owning a pair of running shoes" thread
By jingo!! I think I'm in! - I was passed on to the pay here bit!! (currently no money in the bank - I'll remedy that at lunch time and get my spot!!)
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I'm up for it. I prefer to go along the charity bashing line
Yeah I like that one as well - £2,000 how much, don't they know there is a recession on, why do they get so many places etc.
which is the most obscure charity offering a place, you know, in aid of blind mexican penguins?? also which charity offers the "cheapest" place for fund raising....
Can't beleive it, I'm in. Checked that link last night and got magazine this morning. First attempt. So pleased as always wanted to do it, fingers crossed for those of you still waiting to hear.
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Franners - the guaratee entry after 5 rejections no longer operates, I'm afraid. Enjoy Brighton - its fab. Manchester for me, I think.
It still does for those of us that were so far along the rejection scale. I think Franners and I must be in the last year that it still operates. If I get rejected this year I'm in for 2014.
I guess I should be expecting the rejection magazine when I get home. Much like Christmas it comes once a year.
I hope you already own some trainers Gaz - 1st attempt - lucky fella You don't wanna be talked about on Keith's thread after all hehehehe


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Staying at school until 17 not good for all
by Verity Leatherdale
Research that has argued in favour of economic benefit of keeping children in school for longer is dogged by both methodological and data problems, according to Susan Groundwater-Smith, Honorary Professor in Education at the Sydney School of Education and Social Work.
"Reliable conclusions about the true benefits of keeping all children in a school system for longer are impossible because robust results that can reliably inform education policy aren't being produced," Professor Groundwater-Smith told the third colloquium in the Education Heresies series.
"Keeping more students at school for longer has come to achieve an iconic status as a strategy among education policy-makers worldwide but I take issue with economic considerations dictating education policy. It produces a blanket approach that ignores both the social aims of education and the diversity and complexity of local school populations," she said.
"In Australia, all of the states now require students to remain at school until the age of 17. That situation is an outcome of a belief that keeping students at school for longer will improve Australia's economic competitiveness."
The biggest losers from the current system, according to Professor Groundwater-Smith, are students who are disengaged and reluctant learners. Referring to the work of educational researcher Alfred Dockery, she said that if Australia wants to pursue a policy of mandatory education for all students up to the age of 17 then a different approach will be necessary.
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Professor Groundwater-Smith has held adjunct professorships at Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK and the University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, in Netherlands. She has authored or co-authored a number of books and papers, many of which have been adopted as resources by teacher-education programs. Her current projects include identifying what conditions are necessary for student 'voice' may be authentically heard and acted upon.


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Independent broker-dealer First Allied Securities of San Diego said Tuesday that it has tapped Marissa Fox-Foley to become senior managing director of marketing.
The veteran marketing executive—who was with LPL Financial (LPLA) from 2008 to 2012—now reports to Robert Holcomb, president of First Allied Wealth Management. She will have oversight of all marketing and brand communications functions at the firm.
"I will help broadcast the First Allied story with digital, print and social media and build out the financial advisor marketing with the excellent team we have in place," said Fox-Foley (left) in an interview with AdvisorOne. "I've known the management for some time and have been impressed by First Allied's growth and its strong identity. Now, I have the opportunity to … develop and enhance the brand image, its public relations and its story."
While at LPL (also based in San Diego), the marketing veteran helped the IBD win a 2012 Digital Marketer of the Year award given by Bloomberg and Brand New Media. Fox-Foley previously worked with Wechsler Ross & Partners, a marketing agency that serves investment management firms.
"We are delighted to welcome Marissa Fox-Foley, a marketing leader in the independent broker-dealer space who brings an unparalleled track record of success in building award-winning marketing platforms that support the growth of independent advisory practices," said Holcolm in a statement.
First Allied, which is privately held, has close to 1,000 advisors. In 2012, its revenue totaled about $233 million, with the average fees & commissions per advisor at $293,000 and average assets per rep at $29 million, according to Investment Advisor's 2013 Broker-Dealer Reference Guide.
"The continued expansion of our firm and the advisor businesses we support underpins our 'First in Growth' message to the marketplace," Holcomb said. "Marissa will play an integral role in shaping and carrying this message forward."
In late April, First Allied Securities hired Richard Whitworth to head the firm's Business Consulting Group. Prior to this role, Whitworth had been responsible for strategy and execution for TD Ameritrade (AMTD) Institutional's practice-management unit and had been with LPL Financial's Advisory Consulting Services and Business Consulting groups.
Recruiter Jonathan Henschen named First Allied one of five independent broker-dealers that had "changed the game" in the industry in an AdvisorOne piece he wrote in March. "By developing a [fee-based] platform consistently centered on a single target market (accredited investors and wealth management), First Allied has brought a focused approach to wealth management which makes them uniquely important," Henschen wrote.
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GAITHERSBURG, MD–(Marketwire -07/18/12)- Cytomedix, Inc. (CMXI) (the "Company"), a regenerative therapies company commercializing and developing innovative platelet and adult stem cell technologies, announces the initiation of a Phase I clinical study with ALD-451 in brain cancer patients in collaboration with Duke University Medical Center.
The open-label study will enroll up to 12 patients and is intended to demonstrate the feasibility and safety of ALD-451 when administered intravenously in World Health Organization ("WHO") grade IV malignant glioma patients following surgery, radiation therapy and treatment with temozolomide. The trial also will obtain an initial description of the effects of ALD-451 on neuro-cognition. The clinical study is open for enrollment having received Investigational New Drug clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Investigational Review Board clearance from Duke University Medical Center(ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01639612).
The study's principal investigator is Dr. Annick Desjardins, Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University Medical Center. Co-investigators are Dr. Henry S. Friedman, Deputy Director, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center and Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, Chief Scientific Officer and Medical Director, Robertson Clinical & Translational Cell Therapy Program. Cytomedix will be responsible for manufacturing ALD-451 for the clinical trial. Duke University Medical Center, through the Robertson Clinical & Translational Cell Therapy Program, will fund the trial and be responsible for all other aspects of the study.
"We are excited to initiate patient recruitment in this study and to explore the use of this cellular therapy to treat the neuro-cognitive side effects of treating these devastating cancers," said Dr. Desjardins.
Martin P. Rosendale, Chief Executive Officer of Cytomedix, stated, "We are delighted to be working on this important trial with leading clinicians at Duke University Medical Center, one of the world's leading brain cancer centers for both treatment and research. Malignant glioma patients who undergo surgery, radiation therapy and temozolomide treatment oftentimes experience deterioration of neuro-cognition and have poor patient-reported outcomes. Earlier studies suggest that ALDH bright cells may repair neural brain damage. We expect this study to corroborate those results and look forward to advancing the development of this very promising product candidate."
About Malignant Glioma Primary central nervous system ("CNS") tumors represent about 1.35% of all cancers and 2.2% of all cancer-related deaths. Glial neoplasms represent about 40% of all primary CNS tumors and about 75% are malignant. Malignant gliomas include WHO grade III: anaplastic astrocytoma, anaplastic oligodendroglioma and anaplastic oligoastrocytoma, and WHO grade IV: glioblastoma and gliosarcoma. Because of their extensive infiltrative and invasive nature, malignant gliomas present unique challenges. This infiltrative nature, combined with their proximity to critical intracranial structures as well as operative difficulty distinguishing between normal and neoplastic cells, significantly reduces the efficacy of surgical resection. Radiation therapy and systemic chemotherapy are necessary adjuncts to treatment. Children and adults who receive radiation therapy involving the brain frequently experience a progressive cognitive decline, significantly affecting their quality of life.
About ALD-451ALD-451 is the population of autologous pluri-potent ALDHbr stem cells isolated from the patients' bone marrow using Cytomedix' proprietary technology. These adult stem cells express high levels of the enzyme ALDH, an indicator of biological activity in heterogenous early stage stem cells. Preclinical research with ALD-451 bright cells suggests that they may promote the repair of tissue damage. Recently, preliminary data presented at the 2012 International Society of Cell Therapy showed that ALDHbr bright cells reduced severity of intracranial inflammation after brain irradiation in an animal model. Investigators have also completed preclinical research that showed improvements in motor function, improvements in the slowing of decrease in brain volume, the reversal of decline in stroke-induced cell viability and improved blood flow, or perfusion, in the brain.
About Cytomedix, Inc. Cytomedix, Inc. is an autologous regenerative therapies company commercializing innovative platelet technologies for orthopedics and wound care with a pipeline of adult stem cell therapies for tissue repair. The Company markets the AutoloGel System, a device for the production of autologous platelet rich plasma ("PRP") gel for use on a variety of exuding wounds and the Angel Whole Blood Separation System, a blood processing device and disposable products used for the separation of whole blood into red cells, platelet poor plasma ("PPP") and PRP in surgical settings. On February 8, 2012 Cytomedix closed the acquisition of Aldagen, a biopharmaceutical company developing regenerative cell therapies based on its proprietary ALDH bright cell ("ALDHbr") technology, currently in a Phase 2 trial for the treatment of ischemic stroke. For additional information please visit www.cytomedix.com
Safe Harbor StatementStatements contained in this press release not relating to historical facts are forward-looking statements that are intended to fall within the safe harbor rule for such statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The information contained in the forward-looking statements is inherently uncertain, and Cytomedix' actual results may differ materially due to a number of factors, many of which are beyond Cytomedix' ability to predict or control, including among many others, risks and uncertainties related to the Company's ability to successfully integrate the Aldagen acquisition, to successfully manage contemplated clinical trials, to manage and address the capital needs, human resource, management, compliance and other challenges of a larger, more complex and integrated business enterprise, viability and effectiveness of the Company's sales approach and overall marketing strategies, commercial success or acceptance by the medical community, competitive responses, the Company's ability to raise additional capital and to continue as a going concern, and Cytomedix's ability to execute on its strategy to market the AutoloGel System as contemplated. To the extent that any statements made here are not historical, these statements are essentially forward-looking. The Company uses words and phrases such as "believes," "forecasted," "projects," "is expected," "remain confident," "will" and/or similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements in this press release. Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking information. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events to differ from the forward-looking statements. More information about some of these risks and uncertainties may be found in the reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Cytomedix, Inc. Cytomedix operates in a highly competitive and rapidly changing business and regulatory environment, thus new or unforeseen risks may arise. Accordingly, investors should not place any reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. Except as is expressly required by the federal securities laws, Cytomedix undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, changed circumstances or future events or for any other reason. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2011 and other subsequent filings. These filings are available at www.sec.gov.
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For the manicure I started out with a coat of Zoya Stephanie then added french tips using Wet 'n Wild French White Creme and topped it off with a second coat of Stephanie. The flowers were stamped using Color Club Hot Like Lava and Ebay plate m07. Flower centers were added using Sally Hansen Celeb City. I had originally intended for the bottom branch to lie along the tip of the nail, but since I stamped lopsided, I added a slanted tip using Hot Like Lava to accentuate the slope. Let's just pretend that I intended it the whole time because I like it so much more with the foil tips than as just a plain french mani...
I have swatched Zoya Stephanie before, but that was on my little shortie nails, so here are some fresh swatches. This is three coats plus a top coat. Application was good, but not perfect. I kept getting bald spots that did eventually even out by the third coat. The color is lovely, a sheer peachy pink. Perfect for a french mani or on it's own since it covers nicely by three coats.
I love wearing sheers like this by themselves quite a bit. In fact, before I started blogging I used to wear sheers all spring/summer and dark colors fall/winter. Just take a look at my first Zoya haul back in May of last year... oh how different that order would be now... :D
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Years ago I read the bible with highlighter in hand and found it to be quite interesting at times. But after reading it and as is no surprise, I had even more questions than before. So, for the sake of clarity and some humor I began calling churches and posing as a potential convert. I asked questions in a genuine attempt to understand their reasoning for believing it or if they were even aware of what the bible contained. The responses were very interesting. To set this up, my question was this;
How was it that Noah lived to be 900 years old?
Seems easy enough and I had predicted some potential responses "God wasn't finished with him yet" but what I got was quite surprising.
One preacher responded; Well you know the O-Zone layer wasn't as bad back in those days.
Ok so what was your question and what was the worst response offered.
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CASE43965: Horary consultation concerning Mr Hinton (PERSON31690)
Question asked by the patient on 30 September 1616 at 11:00
RN Mr Hyntons vomyt wrought 24 houres was also let blood cōtinueth extreme sick. full of melancholy heavy fits day & night cā take no rest: very weake/ sept 30 ☾ h. 11. ant m 16i6.
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"What does Panganinun, the name of the focus of your dojo, mean in Chinese?"
"That style of boxing means 'extraordinarily fast'. Lately I've been thinking about naming it Uechi-Ryu instead of Panganinun. But now I've stolen enough of your time. Goodbye, take care!"
It's interesting that Uechi already in the early 1930s thought about naming his way of teaching "Uechi-Ryu".
Officially, this name only appeared in 1940 for the first time. In the original of the interview above, the Name "Panganinun" is not written in Kanji, so it's not 100% clear what the real meaning of the word is meant to be. It could be one of the following:
??? Pan-Ying Kuei (law of the half hard things)
??? Pan Ying-Jên (half hard, half flexible)
??? Pan Ying-Juan (fals hard, half soft)
"Half hard" is a way of categorizing Chinese fighting styles. Besides the category "half hard method", there is a distinction between "hard method" and "soft method". Therefore, Uechi's style of Chinese Boxing would not name a certain school but a certain system.
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The Bay Area's hot temperatures, mixed with high winds have put many areas under Red Flag fire warnings.
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Several fires broke out overnight in the North Bay. Two were significant enough to be named by Cal Fire. The "Yellow Fire" is near Calistoga and the "Silverado Fire" is in the Napa Valley.
Firefighters battled the Silverado fire just north of Yountville in Napa County located just off of Silverado Trail near Rector Reservoir.
"The winds really are the issue. If you look around the hills here they're green turning brown normally they wouldn't be carrying fire rapidly but with the wind some of the larger fuel has been dried out," Eric Hoffmann with Cal Fire said.
Nick Trigilia lost part of his home to the Sonoma fire. He said he woke up in the middle of the night and saw a frightening orange glow from his front porch.
He said he stood at the bottom of a hill and watched the fire go right toward his house with trees exploding along the way. He said it was a helpless feeling.
"It took people about 20 minutes to get here. It was the most horrific 20 minutes of my life, it felt light two hours," Triglia said.
Triglia has lived in the house for the past 19 years. He said he made a lot of great memories in the portion of the home destroyed by the fire. But, he said, to him the things he lost were just things.
"The owners of the house said they will rebuild and that's wonderful. We'll still be here," Triglia said.
The Napa fire was 60 percent contained on Wednesday, with full containment expected later in the day. The Sonoma County blaze was 50 percent contained, with full containment expected Thursday.
The fire fight was a tough one Wednesday thanks to hot temperatures on the fire line.
Inland highs are expected to reach 90 degrees or above, with no cooling until the weekend.
The Red Flag warnings were in the North Bay, the East Bay and the South Bay for areas above 1,000 feet. The National Weather Service extended the warnings to noon on Thursday.
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King.com, the Second-Largest Social Games Maker, Jumps Into Advertising
Developers of social games have been slow to adopt advertising, opting instead to rely on the sale of virtual goods, but that mindset has started to change.
Game makers are recognizing that advertising is a potentially lucrative way to monetize the vast majority of customers who will never be willing to pay.
Last month, I reported that Zynga is close to launching a homegrown advertising platform that it will eventually make available to third-party developers. Now, the second-largest game maker on Facebook says it is also hitting up Madison Avenue.
King.com, which is headquartered in London, plans to announce today that it has hired Charity Sabater as its senior director of ad sales. Sabater will operate out of New York City, and will have a focus on brand sales in the U.S. Prior to joining King, Sabater was the VP of East Coast sales for Gaia Online, an online gaming site.
King said that advertising revenue from its social games has increased tenfold over the past year, and now accounts for nearly 15 percent of the company's overall revenue. During a recent quarter, Zynga's advertising revenue accounted for slightly less — about 12 percent of its revenue — for a total of $41 million.
King said two of the primary ad units that are attracting the most interest right now include incentivized videos and something it calls "Brand as a Friend." Incentivized videos allow a user to watch a 15- to 30-second commercial in exchange for earning an additional life in the game. King said those ads generate an average click-through rate of more than 5 percent, and a video completion rate of 85 percent. The "Brand as a Friend" campaign allows players to "friend" brands to help them unlock new content in the game.
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Immune – Garlic and AIDS
by Paul Bergner
Medical Herbalism 07-31-95 9(2/3): 17-18
Garlic appears to have a place in both in treating opportunistic infections and in improving the overall health of AIDS patients. Normally when a new AIDS therapy shows promise in a clinical trial, news spreads quickly in the media. This was unfortunately not the case after a dramatic, although small, trial of garlic for AIDS was reported at the International AIDS Conference in 1989. The researchers, who later published the information in Deutsche Zeitschrift Onkologie (German Journal of Oncology) gave an aged garlic preparation (Kyolic garlic) to ten patients with AIDS. All patients had severely low natural killer cell activity and abnormal helper-to-suppressor T-cell ratios — both of these are blood measurements of progressed AIDS, often indicating short life-expectancy. All patients also had opportunistic infections such as cryptosporidial diarrhea or herpes infections.The patients received the equivalent of two cloves a day (5 grams) for the first six weeks, and then the equivalent of four cloves (10 grams) for another six weeks. Three of the patients were too severely ill to complete the trial. They could not complete the garlic regimen, and died before the trial ended.
The results were dramatic, and had it been a pharmaceutical drug involved instead of garlic, no doubt the news would have spread rapidly in the media. Six of the seven who completed the trial had normal natural-killer cell activity within six weeks, and all seven had normal activity by the end of the twelve weeks. Natural killer cell activity is considered one of the most important indicators of the progression of AIDS. The helper-to-suppressor T-cell ratios returned to normal in three of the patients, improved in two, remained the same in one, and lowered in one.Just as important, the patients' opportunistic infections also improved. Chronic diarrhea, candida infection, genital herpes, and a chronic sInus infection all improved. The patient with the chronic sinus infection had gained no relief from antibiotics during more than a year of treatment before the garlic trial.
Exactly why the garlic helped the patients so dramatically is not clearly understood. Garlic can affect the immune system in many ways. Garlic may have also strengthened immunity in these patients by helping to fight the opportunistic infections, and thus reducing the load on the immune system. Various trials have shown garlic to be effective against cryptococcus, cryptosporidia, herpes, mycobacteria, and pneumocystis — all common infectious agents in AIDS. Researchers have also recently found evidence that the garlic constituent ajoene may directly interfere with the spread of the HIV virus in AIDS patients.
This trial was small, with only seven patients completing it, and follow up studies are necessary to prove that garlic will really help AIDS patients. News of the trial spread like wildfire in the community of people with AIDS, however, and many patients now take garlic regularly. One study in 1993 found that nearly 10% of AIDS patients surveyed took garlic supplements in addition to the other medications they were taking.
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Garlic is used routinely in the Healing Aids Research Project at Bastyr University in Seattle. This is one of the few medical centers doing formal research into natural treatments of AIDS. Dr. Jane Guiltinan, medical director of the clinic where the research is done, suggests that all AIDS patient who can tolerate garlic should take it. "I most often prescribe garlic in food form rather than capsules or extracts," says Guiltinan. "I have them eat as much as possible, either raw or cooked."Garlic is also an important part of the AIDS protocol at the Immune Enhancement Project (IEP)in Portland, Oregon, a clinic that treats about 140 AIDS patients each month. Doctors at the clinic treat the patients with acupuncture, Chinese massage, diet, and modified Chinese herbal formulas in a protocol followed in AIDS clinics in three other cities in the U.S. The main herbal therapy at the clinics for opportunistic infections is garlic. Dr. Subhuti Dharmananda, director of the project, recently published a scientific review of garlic entitled "Garlic As The Central Herb Therapy for AIDS." AIDS patients at the IEP are encouraged to take 3-5 cloves of garlic a day to prevent the secondary infections in AIDS. If they already have the infections, they take that dose three times a day. Garlic is also given in other forms, such as retention enemas and skin washes, for certain conditions. They take the cloves cut up with lemon juice and honey, or in any other carrier than makes it more palatable. Dharmananda says that garlic probably does not effect the HIV infection itself, but treats the secondary infections that cause the most serious symptoms of AIDS.AIDS patients might take garlic in any of its oral forms, use garlic poultices, compresses, or oil for skin afflictions, enemas for anal infections, or steams or chest applications for sinus or bronchial problems.
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Rujukan 2 :- http://www.advance-health.com/garlic.html
Plants do not have immune systems to defend themselves against the bacteria, fungi, viruses and yeasts that attack them. Their defense is direct chemical warfare. Their weapons are antibiotics, antivirals and fungicides that they manufacture internally. Their success is demonstrated by the fact that you see healthy growing plants everywhere.
In the case of garlic, one of the main active ingredients is a thiosulfinate compound called allicin. The manufacture of allicin is triggered by the release of enzymes by breaking the cell walls of the garlic plant. Allicin is the pungent, hot, stinky stuff that makes garlic special. In addition to allicin, garlic contains over 100 other beneficial nutrients. These include beta-carotene, folate, beta-sitosterol, ferulic acid, geraniol, oleanolic acid, P-coumaric acid, rutin, quercetin, thiamine, niacin, vitamin c, cysteine, zinc, calcium, magnesium, manganese, selenium, and others.
Garlic is an Anti-biotic and Anti-viral
In vitro (in laboratory cultures) studies demonstrate that garlic has antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal activity. In one Clinical study, one capsule daily of an allicin-containing garlic supplement was tested on a group of 146 volunteers (Josling P 2001). Over several months half the group received the garlic while the other half got a placebo. The placebo group had 63 percent more common cold infections than the garlic group. In addition, those in the garlic group who did catch a cold had symptoms for an average of only 1.52 days, compared with 5.01 days for the placebo group. The doctors who conducted this garlic study concluded, "An allicin-containing supplement can prevent attack by the common cold virus."
Garlic in Herpes Virus Infections
While garlic has demonstrated in vitro anti-viral activity against many viruses including HSV-1 and HSV-2, clinical trials on humans have not been performed. Garlic's in vitro success against these viruses and its demonstrated in vivo effectiveness against the common cold virus suggests that it may be effective against the herpes viruses in humans as well. However, this hypothesis has not been clinically tested and, until it is, such claims cannot be made.
Garlic Lowers Blood Pressure
There is some evidence that garlic is mildly hypotensive in humans. Researchers at the University of Mississippi and in Turkey performed clinical tests on the effectiveness of garlic in reducing blood pressure. They found that garlic reduced systolic blood pressure by at least 9 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure by at least 5 mmHg. The effect was most noted in subjects with high blood pressure and high cholesterol. No hypotensive effect was observed in patients with normal blood pressure.
Garlic for Lowering Cholesterol
There is contradictory evidence as to whether garlic actually lowers cholesterol and triglyceride levels or not. The contradictions appear to arise from the use of different dosages, forms of garlic and other procedural differences. However, most findings showed that garlic slightly lowered blood cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides with a consistent lowering of blood lipids seen in studies that used aged garlic extract (kyolic) as the supplement.Research has demonstrated that garlic inhibits the peroxidation of lipids. This, in turn, prevents LDL cholesterol from being oxidized into harmful compounds. Garlic also lowers homocysteine levels. Recent research has identified homocysteine as a major culprit in heart disease, osteoporosis, alzheimers and several other degenerative diseases.
Garlic in Atherosclerosis
Garlic reduces platelet aggregation, thrombin formation, platelet adhesion to fibrinogen and the risk of thrombosis. Garlic's effects are attributed to allicin, ajoene, and other organosulfur constituents in the herb. A recent study on garlic confirms that it exhibits powerful fibrinolytic activity both in vitro and in vivo. In this study, it acted as an anticoagulant by downregulating thrombin formation. These effects reduce the formation of atherosclerotic plaque.In one study, patients with atherosclerosis had higher plasma levels of the oxidant MDA ( malondialdehyde ) and lower plasma levels of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase compared to the control group. However, those patients who consumed 1 ml/kg of garlic extract had significantly lowered MDA levels even in the absence of changes in antioxidant enzyme activities. In addition, the researchers found the presence of oxidant stress in blood samples from atherosclerosis patients, but ingesting garlic extract prevented oxidation reactions by eliminating this oxidant stress.
Garlic and Men's Health
Garlic may reduce the risk of prostate cancer, according to a recent study. Researchers surveyed 238 men with prostate cancer and 471 healthy controls in Shanghai, China to determine their eating habits. The risk of prostate cancer declined by more than 33 percent in men who consumed small amounts of onions, garlic, scallions, shallots and leeks each day. Men who consumed 2 grams of garlic daily experienced a 50 percent decease in prostate cancer risk.Another study done with rats demonstrated that garlic supplementation in combination with a high protein diet increased testosterone levels.
Anti-Cancer Properties of Garlic
Modern epidemiological studies, well correlated with laboratory investigations, corroborate the evidence that higher intake of garlic and its relatives is correlated with reduced risk of several cancers. The mechanisms proposed to explain the cancer-preventive effects of garlic include inhibition of tumor mutagenesis, modulation of enzyme activities, and effects on cell proliferation and tumor growth. Several garlic compounds, including allicin, induce apoptosis (programmed cell death) in various malignant human cells. These include breast, colorectal, hepatic, prostate, and lymphoma cells. A growing number of clinical studies are examining the properties of ajoene, one of the major components of purified garlic. Researchers are investigating ajoene in part because it is more chemically stable than allicin. The list of cancers responding to garlic treatment or supplementation continues to grow.
Garlic Dosage
People who wish to consume garlic and have no aversion to its odor can chew from one to two whole cloves of raw garlic daily. In certain regions of China up to eight cloves of raw garlic are consumed per day. For those who prefer it with less odor, enteric-coated tablets or capsules with approximately 1.3% allacin are available. Clinical trials have used 600-900 mg (delivering approximately 5-6 mg of allicin ) per day in two or three divided amounts. Aged-garlic extracts have been studied in amounts ranging from 2.4-7.2 grams per day.
Garlic Side Effects and Drug Interactions
Garlic has anti-coagulant properties. Anyone with a bleeding disorder or taking anti-coagulant or anti-platlett medications should consult their doctor before consuming garlic. Examples of such medications include indomethacin, dipyridamole, and aspirin. Anyone anticipating surgery, child birth, etc. should avoid garlic.Garlic may lower blood sugar considerably and may potentize the effect of certain anti-diabetic medications. Medications from this class include chlorpropamide, glimepiride, and glyburide. When using garlic with these medications, blood sugars must be followed closely and garlic use should be used under your doctor's advise.
Garlic may reduce blood levels of protease inhibitors. Protease Inhibitors are a class of drugs used to treat people with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). They include indinavir, ritinavir, and saquinavir.
It is hhypothesized by some that garlic may behave similarly to a class of cholesterol lowering medications called statins and to a class of blood pressure lowering medications called ACE inhibitors. Examples of these medications include atorvastatin, pravastatin, lovastatin, enalapril, captopril, and lisinopril. Possible interactions with these medications has not been tested.Other side effects from garlic may include upset stomach, bloating, bad breath, and body odor. Garlic is considered to have very low toxicity and is listed as Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States.
More research with better-designed studies is needed in order to fully assess the safety and effectiveness of garlic and to determine the most appropriate dose and form.
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Psoriasis Pioneer Pagano Headlines Russian Medical Conference
By Todd Burgin
John O. A. Pagano, DC, a 50-year member of the A.R.E. and psoriasis researcher for over 40 years, gave a presentation on treating psoriasis before the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow in October, 2009. The entire two-day conference was focused on both traditional and non-traditional methods of treating this often-devastating skin condition, which afflicts an estimated three to four percent of the Russian population (about double the rate in the United States).
The roster of speakers at the conference included many notable figures in the Russian health field, Pagano said. "They were a pretty tough act to follow," he added. "But it did not deter me, because I had something to offer that they lacked. It was a new, natural approach to the disease with undeniable proof of its effectiveness."
Day one of the conference was presented to health professionals, scientists, and the press. While the majority of the speakers discussed the latest pharmaceutical approaches and medical trends for treatment of psoriasis, Pagano laid out his program, which uses no drugs. He added that his approach is not meant to be a replacement for medicine, but rather an alternative if more traditional methods are ineffective.
Pagano's program is based on his "three Ds" – diet, detoxification, and determination. He described the importance of a high-alkaline, low-acidic diet, herb teas, massage with certain oils, detoxification procedures, spinal adjustments that activate the immune system, proper eliminations, and healthful attitudes. He also stressed that time and patience are essential elements for success, along with the patient's willingness to take responsibility for their own recovery. He said, "If a patient practiced the three Ds, it is possible that he can rid himself of every lesion, rash, and disfigurement to the point that he would never know he ever had it!
This statement "sent shockwaves through the audience," he added. "They never heard of such a concept before. But this time, it was not only words that were thrown at them; I had the proof!" Pagano's patient, Katya Varlamova, 26, accompanied him to the conference as his "proof" and interpreter. She had suffered from a severe case of psoriatic arthritis for 12 years, but "had been healed after following the regimen faithfully for six months." She followed Pagano's presentation by sharing her story of transformation from psoriasis covering 80 percent of her body to being completely blemish-free.
In his talk, Pagano made it clear that the inspiration for his more than 40 years of work in this field was the Edgar Cayce readings. In a 1942 reading, when asked if there was an absolute cure for psoriasis, Cayce replied, "Most of this is found in diet. There is a cure. It requires patience and persistence – and right thinking also." (2455-2) Pagano combined this and other information found in the readings with his own observations to form the Cayce-Pagano diet. "It seemed to be my life's purpose to prove the truth of that statement," he said.
For additional details, see the Jan/Feb/Mar 2010 issue of Venture Inward magazine, available in the member-only section.
John O. A. Pagano, DC, is the author of Healing Psoriasis: The Natural Alternative. His latest book is One Cause, Many Ailments: The Leaky Gut Syndrome (A.R.E. Press), available at ARECatalog.com or 800- 333-4499.